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For the commercial transportation business, moving things from point A to point B is job one. This coverage explores all of those movements at a global level and focuses on everything from global trade, ocean shipping, and port activity to intermodal business, rail operations and the greater supply chain.
 

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New Overweight Hauling Law Helps Wisconsin Cheesemakers

Wisconsin cheesemakers and the state鈥檚 trucking association are applauding the passage of a new law that boosts hauling capacity for dairy farmers.

August 15, 2024
GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogistics

Toll Rates Climb on Three Indiana-Kentucky Bridges

Tolling rates rose recently on three bridges connecting Louisville, Ky., and southern Indiana as part of an annual adjustment.

August 15, 2024
BusinessLogisticsFor-Hire

XPO Explores Sale of European Transportation Business

XPO has revived a sale of its European transportation business, according to people familiar with the matter, almost two years since it last scrapped the attempt to divest the operation.

August 15, 2024
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyLogistics

Norfolk Southern Investing $200M to Boost Alabama Capacity

Norfolk Southern will invest $200 million to grow capacity on a key Alabama rail line in a freight corridor for agriculture, automotive, chemicals, forestry and steel goods.

August 13, 2024
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

New Texas-Mexico Border Lanes Speed Up Commercial Traffic

U.S. CBP officers can now inspect more inbound trucks from Mexico at a border crossing into Texas since construction is complete on an $8 million project donated by the City of Pharr.

August 13, 2024
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Canadian Labor Board Leaves Door Open for Rail Strike

The ruling found that a work stoppage between the Teamsters and rail companies would not pose an immediate threat to public health and safety, meaning a strike could occur as soon as Aug. 22.

August 13, 2024
BusinessLogistics

What Is On-Time In-Full?

Learn what OTIF means, why it matters in logistics, and how it reflects delivery performance in this quick, insightful video.

August 12, 2024
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyLogistics

Port Isabel Secures $1.6M Grant for Major Expansion Projects

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo recently announced the award as part of $6.9 million in economic development grants to Texas for workforce training and port improvements.

August 12, 2024
BusinessLogisticsPrivateGlobal Freight

Amazon Tests Speedy Delivery Service Featuring Kia Souls

Amazon.com Inc. has deployed a new secret weapon in its same-day delivery operation: a convoy of Kia Souls.

August 8, 2024
BusinessTechnologyFuelLogisticsPrivate

Pipeline Firms in Talks With Data Centers About Gas Supply

Energy Transfer and Williams Cos. are talking to data center operators about building pipelines directly to their facilities to fuel on-site power plants as the centers prepare for a boom in AI.

August 8, 2024